10 extinct breeds of dogs (With Pictures)

5. Southern Hound

The breed is believed to be a cross of Talbot and Greyhounds, and was bred in Southern England in the 1400s. Armed with a keen sense of smell, these dogs could track day-old trails, and near the end of the Renaissance, their methodical and deliberate tracking skills were used in the popular sport of deer hunting. As they were slow, frustrated hunters crossed them with speedier canines for fox hunting, thus developing scent hounds, and leading to the Southern Hound’s extinction in the 1800s.